Caesar and Cleopatra: A Page Of History
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1930. Hardcover. Slim hardcover in black cloth stamped in gilt. 124 pp. including author's notes. A tight, near fine example, cover gilt stamping bright, spine lettering a touch rubbed at the author's name. Tasteful vintage bookplate front pastedown and corresponding ownership signature top edge front free endpaper. Shaw's fictionalized account of the relationship between Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. The play was first produced in 1901 and today is most known as the basis for the charming 1945 movie starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh in the title roles, a film on which Shaw closely collaborated. near fine. Item #E17958B
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